SMART ALEX

Minnesota, 1979. Four power pop whiz kids from the streets of Saint Paul pool their cash, enter the studio, and cut two killer mid-fi jams straight from the heart. Re-released here for the first time ever, in a limited pressing of 100 records, these sweet and scuzzy tracks are bursting with disjointed, blissful earnestness: 100% ragged Midwestern garage chops wedded to an astute sense of harmony that could only come from long years of Beatles-worship. The band, who shared the stage with early incarnations of Hüsker Dü and the Replacements (and even made preliminary plans with Twin/Tone Records for a debut LP), would split before they had the chance to cut a full-length. What they left us with instead, long a mega-rare relic, is a must-listen for devotees of obscuro, punk-inflected new wave.

Past Shows


May
22
nd
2015
Turf Club

More Shows

Apr
30
th
7th St Entry

Sawyer Hill

May
30
th
7th St Entry

Nothing Buy Joy, glowingtide, Radiator Girl, and Orthe

Sep
15
th
Turf Club

Six Organs of Admittance

May
20
th
7th St Entry

Guitar Wolf

with Hans Condor